Terms of Service

Posted by Adrian Alexdre (FurrIX, Network Operations Center) Posted on June 5, 2024

Document Last Updated: Jan 27th, 2026
Update Reason: [FurrIX Spinoff, MFN Transition]
Rundown: [MFN has released FurrIX into its own governance, MFN is focusing on Community Services]

Introduction

By using our game, web hosting and/or VPS services (“Services”), you agree to be bound by the following Terms of Service (“Terms”). Please read these Terms carefully before accessing or using our Services, as they govern your use of the services that Marbled Fennec Networks provides.

Marbled Fennec Networks reserves the right to update, modify, or otherwise amend these Terms at any time, with or without notice. Your continued use of our Services constitutes acceptance of such changes.

Term Meanings

“we”, “us”, “our”, “MFN”, “Marbled Fennec Networks”, “the project”, “volunteer techs”, “volunteers”, “the project” and “our project” refer to the project staff, operators and volunteers that make Marbled Fennec Networks possible and maintain our operations. Individuals in this group are voting members and can change policy of the project.

“project member”, “member”, “members”, “guest” and project guest” refer to members and guest of service(s) operated and hosted by Marbled Fennec Networks. Individuals in this group are not voting members and cannot change policy of the project.

Account Registration

For us to provide service(s) to you as a project member, you must create an account with us by either using the support desk to register or sending an email to support@marbledfennec.net. You are responsible for providing accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and all activities under your account will be treated by Marbled Fennec Networks as your own actions. You agree to let Marbled Fennec Networks know immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.

Project members are not permitted to share their account or service credentials with anyone not included in their original request for services. Services offered are limited to the enjoyment of the member applying for service(s) and cannot be shared, resold, exchanged or otherwise made available for others. Game servers are treated as public services and do not require players or communities to be project members to connect and play, only for maintenance task.

Project Member Conduct Expectations

You, as a project member or guest, agree not to engage in any activity that is harmful, offensive, or otherwise disruptive to the services provided or the experience of other members, including but not limited to hacking, cheating, harassment, or distribution of malicious software. Violation of this policy will result in immediate termination of service without warning and the offending party becoming banned from obtaining future service(s) from Marbled Fennec Networks.

You, as a project member or guest, are responsible for any content you upload, transmit, or otherwise make available through our Services. Game Host Bros is not responsible for any user-generated content, including any errors or omissions, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of your use of any content.

Payment and Fees

Marbled Fennec Networks is a community based service provider that does not and will not charge for service(s) that the project offers to our members. We cannot, will not and refuse to process any financial data from our project members or guest.

Do not send our any of our support desk or emails any financial data, as doing so will result in the termination of your account(s) and service(s) without possibility of appeal. We are not capable or able to process or handle such details or data.

Suspension and Termination

Marbled Fennec Networks reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to Account(s) and Service(s) at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including but not limited to your breach of these Terms, abuse of systems or networks, or any action that we determine, in our sole discretion, to be harmful to our services or to other project member and guest.

Limitation of Liability

Service(s) and Account(s) are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis at our best effort. Marbled Fennec Networks disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of usability, reliability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

Marbled Fennec Networks does not guarantee that your game server IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) will remain static or unchanged. IP addresses may change due to infrastructure maintenance, server migrations, network optimizations, changes due to our upstream provider or other operational requirements.

Marbled Fennec Networks cannot and will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of functionality or usability, loss of data, loss of uptime, loss of network connectivity, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Services. All services offered by our project are do so on a best effort basis without any form of service level agreement.

Support Limitations

As a community operated project run by volunteers, Marbled Fennec Networks only provides support via the support desk or support email in relation to the networking, deployment, re-installation and questions about operation of game servers and VPS instances hosted on our infrastructure. Archival and backup support for game servers is not provided at all, operators are expected to provide their our solutions for this.

What We Help With:

  • Troubleshooting game server and VPS network connection issues.
  • Troubleshooting game server outages or downtime, within due reason.
  • Applying server updates and performing network configuration and maintenance.
  • Reinstalling game servers or VPS OS images.
  • Name server entries or updates for zones we host.
  • Name server PTR entries or updates for zones we host.

What We Don’t Help With:

  • Plugin and mod installation or configuration.
  • Game server or VPS backups.
  • VPS OS troubleshooting or configuration.
  • Game server configuration.
  • Advanced networking for VPS instances.

Our volunteers do not provide support outside of networking or OS reinstall questions for VPS instances hosted on our infrastructure. We do not have the volunteers or time, therefor project members making use of VPS hosting are fully expected to understand and know their environment.

Abuse Reporting

Should you need to report abuse of our offered and/or hosted services, we maintain an abuse email that can be reached at abuse@marbledfennec.net. Be sure to include IP address(s), time and date, as well as a brief description of the issue and our volunteers will respond within three to five days.

Abuse reports are handle internally as our volunteers have time and able to process such request.

Data Retention Policy

You understand and agree that we may keep and use any information, comments, account records, service records, emails, form submissions, digital space interaction records and other data related to your use of service(s) and account(s) on our network for the administration of your service(s) and account(s), as well as for record keeping relating to the operation of our network(s) and platform(s) on an as needed basis. The above information will be removed from our systems forty-five days after your service(s) or account(s) have been terminated or forty-five days after your last interaction with our support volunteers or support systems, both on and off network(s) or platform(s) run by our projects and/or co-projects.

The exception to our DRP, or Data Retention Policy, is emails sent to our support addresses or emails sent directly to our volunteers; these emails will not be erased as they are used to prevent reconnecting banned members and end users in the future and to also allow our volunteers insight into any specific configuration changes to our network that may need to be undone upon disconnecting or terminating project member or end user account(s) and service(s).

You understand that our volunteers may contact you via email from time to time to notify you about service changes, network changes or interruptions, support inquiries and responses, account changes, equipment upgrades, planned service windows, network outages, abuse reports and account terminations. These emails are deemed our project’s chosen form of communication and serve as a core part of the service(s) provided to our project members and end users.

Service Request and Approval

All service(s) provided by Marbled Fennec Networks are offered on a first come, first serve basis. Furthermore, we may reject any request for any reason we deem fit. Our existing project members are our first priority and we must be mindful of bringing on new members with respect to server CPU, memory and storage limits; not to mention that our network has limits and must be keep within its operational
limits to ensure the enjoyment and usability of our resources by all current project members.

Marbled Fennec Networks reserves the right to terminate an existing project member’s or end user’s service(s) and account(s) for any reason such as, but not limited to, network abuse, bandwidth hogging, improper use of equipment or network, causing a quality reduction for other members or just being
generally disruptive to our daily operations.

By making use of any service(s) or account(s) provided to you by Marbled Fennec Networks, you understand and agree that all service(s) are provided on a best effort basis and that any quoted speed, bit rate, storage size, CPU usage or memory allocations are considered as “up to” and not considered as set in stone limits.

Amateur Operational Stance

By making use of any service(s) or account(s) provided to you by Marbled Fennec
Networks, you understand that the project is not a professional company or organized operational group in any way. You agree that you are making use of provided service(s) and account(s) at your own risk and without any form of warranty or expression of fit for any purpose. You understand and agree that all service(s) and account(s) provided by Marbled Fennec Networks are purely experimental in nature and should not be used in any situation that could be considered critical to your mission, work or project.

The code phrase for our ToS (Terms of Service) is Scree.

By agreeing to the terms of service, you are also making a statement that you have read both our network management policy and privacy policy as well and that you agree to both additional policies as well.

If you do not agree to any of policies set forth by Marbled Fennec Networks, you are required to stop your use of our website and/or virtual routing equipment and any provided service(s) and to notify us via the support email at support@marbledfennec.net that you are requesting termination of any
provided service(s) and account(s) at once.

Contact Information

Should our project members or guest need to reach our volunteers, below is a list of departments that may be emailed to receive support or to disclose abuse issues:

FurrIX NOC – Network Abuse or Questions – furrix.noc@marbledfennec.net
MFN Support – Game Services – RiotYeen_@marbledfennec.net
MFN Operations – Ty Dwagon – tydwagon@marbledfennec.net
MFN Support – General Support – support@marbledfennec.net
FurrIX NOC – Name Servers – nameservers@marbledfennec.net
MFN Operations – Abuse Complaints – abuse@skylar

—-Additional Terms of Service—-

Usage Agreement For Our Bot, AedonTogakee

By inviting our bot AedonTogakee#8908 (Referred to as “bot” or “our bot” or “our in house bot” or “AedonTogakee” in this terms of service addition) to a Discord Server (“server”), or by using its features, you agree to the below listed Terms of Service (“terms”).

You may invite the bot only to a server that is partnered with Marbled Fennec Networks or is moderated by a member of our project. Our in house bot, AedonTogakee, is not a public bot and should not be left in or joined to servers that our project members do not have ties to. Server owners are expected to kick the bot if they do not agree to this terms of service for our in house bot. Through inviting the bot, you agree to share data as described in our privacy policy. The intended use of this data is described in said policy.

Intended Use Of Our In House Bot, AedonTogakee

  • For playing and sharing audio that our users have the rights to play, stream, share or otherwise interact with
  • For discovering new sounds, audio clips and other audio data that our users have the rights to play, stream, share or otherwise interact with

By using our in house bot, AedonTogakee, our users are agreeing to not break these terms of service or use the bot in a way that infringes on another party’s copyright or limitations on their audio data or sound data. Users found to be doing such actions may be banned from using the bot or otherwise interacting with the bot without notice. Bans are not appealable and are final.

Intended Age To Use Our In House Bot, AedonTogakee

  • Individuals of minimal age required to use Discord, as described in their Terms of Service may use the bot and its features.

Affiliation Of Our In House Bot, AedonTogakee

Our bot is not affiliated with, supported or made by Discord Inc. Any direct connection to Discord or any of its Trademark objects is purely coincidental. We do not claim to have the copyright ownership of any of Discord’s assets, trademarks or other intellectual property.

Our bot is powered by various open source technologies and we do not lay claim to any rights over those projects or their contributions either.

Liability Of Our In House Bot, AedonTogakee

The operators of our bot has faith in our users honesty and understanding that the bot may only be used for its intended purpose and not in malicious ways against others or Discord Inc.

We reserve the right to update these Terms and policy at our own discretion and users are expected to check these terms service often to keep up with changes. When changes are made, a post will be made on our website alerting our users of such. You may opt out of these terms and policy by removing the bot from any server you have permission for and not using its features.

Terms of Use – MFN, OpenShock Instance (Thunder.Storm)
These are the Terms and Conditions governing the use of this service and the agreement that operates between You and Marbled Fennec Networks. Marbled Fennec Networks reserves the right to change these terms of service at any time, you are urged to check back frequently as the use of this service expands and/or changes.

The ‘OpenShock Software‘ instance that Marbled Fennec Networks are providing community hosting for is intended for use exclusively on consenting human individuals. Users are fully expected and required to obtain explicit consent before utilizing the software in any capacity. It is imperative that users respect the boundaries, limits and preferences of individuals that they engage in any form of play or BDSM scene with at all times.

By accessing our hosted instance of the OpenShock Software, you are making a statement that you are over the age of eighteen. Marbled Fennec Networks does not permit those under eighteen to use the services offered through our community instance. Only consenting individuals of an age equal to or greater than eighteen years of age are permitted to access and make use of our instance.

When you create an account on our hosted community instance, you must provide our system with information that is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Failure to do so constitutes a breach of the Terms of Service, which may result in immediate termination of your account and access on to the services provided by our community instance. You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you have chosen to use to access our community instance of the OpenShock Software for any activities or actions under account. You agree not to disclose your password, API keys or other forms of authentication and access to any third party. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account as well as performing a password reset through the web user interface.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Marbled Fennec Networks be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, loss of data or other information, for business interruption, for personal injury, loss of privacy arising out of or in any way related to the use of or inability to use the OpenShock Software, our hosted community instance, third-party software and/or third-party hardware used with or in relation to our hosted community instance of the OpenShock Software. Marbled Fennec Networks, and thus FurrIX.zone, assumes no liability for any harm or permanent damage resulting from the use of the OpenShock Software, either alone or in combination with any hardware, equipment, platform or network. Users are responsible for adhering to OpenShock’s safety guidelines and are encouraged to prioritize the well-being of themselves and others at all times. The OpenShock safety guide must be followed diligently to ensure the responsible and ethical use of OpenShock Software.

We are committed to the well-being and safety of all animals. As part of our core values, we firmly oppose any use of OpenShock Software, equipment, platforms or similar products on animals. We believe in treating animals with care, respect, and compassion at all times. Therefore, Marbled Fennec Networks expressly prohibit the use of the OpenShock Software and/or our hosted instance for any purpose related to animals. We advocate for positive, humane training methods that promote trust and cooperation between humans and animals. Any users found to be in violation of this Terms of Service will have their IPv4 /24 and IPv6 /56 banned from accessing our network in its entirety, without possibility of appeal.

Marbled Fennec Networks is not affiliated with the OpenShock development team or their community. We do not speak for them or have anything to do with their operations. We are opting to host the software they have produced as a community service and as such, you should go check out their wiki or Discord server if you have questions, suggestions or concerns. Marbled Fennec Networks cannot and will not help with such request.

Furthermore, we ask and expect any users that wish to make use of our hosted instance of the OpenShock Software take a moment to read OpenShock’s Terms of Service as well.

Moderation of digital spaces associated with ROA (Remains of Avaluix), Marbled Fennec Networks – (Pertaining to digital gathering and communication environments)

The volunteers that work within Marbled Fennec Networks may, from time to time, decide to host what we call digital gathering environments or digital spaces. The spaces are meant for our members, friends and friends of friends to gather and enjoy one another’s company for socialization, collaboration and recreation. Our operators and members here are bound to a set of expectations that we will all abide by to keep each other safe and hold ourselves and others accountable when in our digital spaces. We have safety policies and behavior expectations in place for our digital spaces and events that ensure our members, their friends and guest have the safest and most enjoyable experience possible.

As a digital community primarily present within Discord communities and virtual reality instances, we expect our members, their friends and guest to understand and practice consent. We expect and require open, honest and clear communication about wants, needs, and boundaries that will help to ensure that all parties are fully aware of whats going on and that proper consent for any event, interaction or scene has been obtained prior to engaging.

  • All members, their friends and guest must be 18+ years of age to be within our digital spaces. Our volunteers will process age verification on every new member, friend or guest that joins our digital spaces. Failure to verify will result in removal and a non-appealable ban from our digital spaces.
  • Consent is absolutely required – This is non-negotiable and all engaged individuals must provide consent to be interacted with or included in an event, interaction or scene.
  • No means No—If someone tells you they do not wish to interact or be part of a scene or event, take being told ‘no’ gracefully and respectfully or go home. Full stop.
  • Unwanted attention and touch is not okay– This includes comments on bodies, virtual and physical touch, unwelcome use of haptics or similar feedback methods, sexual harassment, sexual remarks, and objectification.
  • Consent must be continuous, and can be revoked at any time for any reason– Check in often with you subs, doms, friends or guest; especially when actions and risk escalate, or type of event, scene or interact are evolving or changing.
  • You must obtain consent before capturing photos or recordings of others– The mental and emotional safety must be considered for all members, their friends and guest in all interactions, events and scenes; especially in situations involving sexual acts, adult role play, or other forms of adult play without our hosted digital spaces.
  • Consent cannot be fully given when there is indecision or when someone is in an altered state.
  • Consent is not valid when obtained through coercion or persistent pressure.
  • Consent is not valid when there are radical power imbalances that would put one or more parties at a disadvantage, make them uncomfortable or otherwise not meet our guidelines.

We have a baseline of expected behavior in our digital spaces, this includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • You will ensure consent. Consent is supported by our whole community. You are obligated to get someone’s consent before any form of interaction, inclusion into a scene or event. In situations within our digital spaces, always ask first and respect the response you are given. ROA, Marbled Fennec Networks and FurrIX all employ a zero-tolerance policy and bans given for violating this are non-appealable.
  • You will be considerate and respectful of fellow participants and the community around our digital spaces at all times. We strive to keep everyone feeling comfortable, respected and safe.
  • You will refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing or violent behavior. ROA, Marbled Fennec Networks and FurrIX all employ a zero-tolerance policy and bans given for violating this are non-appealable.
  • You will be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow members safety and comfort. Read the room and try to blend into what is currently ongoing. Do not upset the balance of things around you.
  • Be conscious of your well-being and aware of your own needs- especially in virtual reality events and spaces where food, hydration and rest breaks are much needed. Stay on top of your health.

We strive to keep our digital spaces safe and comfortable for all of our members, their friends and guest. There are behaviors that we will not tolerate and will issue bans for. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Predatory behavior, defined as any unwanted and non-consensual form of any of the following: intimidation, harassment, coercive behavior, any form of stalking, verbal communications abuse, and violence against others.
  • Discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, family status, marital status, or religion.
  • Non-consensual contact, including, but not limited to, unwelcome sexual interaction or comments.
  • Disrespecting the host community, our members, their friends and guest surrounding our digital spaces.
  • Wanton, flagrant, or repeated disregard for one’s own safety or well-being in a manner that demands the intervention of ROA or MFN staff, our members or volunteers. Some of our events and digital spaces require that our members, and their friends and guest, have safeties and self-agency. Failure to maintain a safe environment or creating unsafe scenarios will not be tolerated what so ever.
  • Abuse is not tolerated. This includes verbal abuse, demeaning, degrading or oppressive comments, stalking, threatening or bullying, marginalization, deliberate intimidation, extortion, disrupting/disrespecting our members and their friends or guest, our volunteers, and harassing or mistreating others.
  • Repeated or egregious violations of any and all policies put in effect by ROA staff.

Handling of Unacceptable Behavior

Behavior that goes against our polices as described above will not be tolerated in or outside of our digital spaces. Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to do so immediately. Remains of Avaluix and Marbled Fennec Networks may take any action they deem appropriate to ensure the safety of our digital spaces and our members, their friends and guest. This action may include expulsion and exclusion from our digital spaces without the possibility of appeal.

ROA and MFN staff and our volunteers uphold the safety and comfort of our members, their friends and guest, without our digital spaces as our top priority at all times. Breaking our community guidelines will result in guideline reminders, warnings and exclusion from our digital spaces if the unacceptable behavior continues.

What to do if you witness or are subject to unacceptable behavior:

If you believe that you or anyone else is being subjected to any unacceptable behavior, as outlined in our guidelines or otherwise, follow these steps:

  • Speak up. Say ‘No’ and ask them to stop.
  • If you feel unsafe, leave the situation and locate a member of ROA staff and let them know right away what is going on.
  • Disengage from the situation and allow staff to handle things.

Bans given to individuals from the staff or volunteers Remains of Avaluix, Marbled Fennec Networks are non-appealable:

What this means is that if an individual becomes banned from our digital spaces- our staff and volunteers have exhausted their means to correct the situation and are issue the ban to protect the integrity, safety and well being of our digital spaces, our members, friends and guest.

Our staff will make effort to educate, correct and keep situations safe for everyone. But sometimes, people don’t change their behavior and we have to issue bans. If an individual catches a ban, they have performed an action that has resulted in their exclusion from our digital spaces and they will not be welcome back.
Bans are final and we will not accept appeal request as they are our last ditch effort to protect our community. Bans are never used as the first wave of correctional defense in our spaces.